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René Magritte

1898–1967 · 20th century · Belgium · Surrealism

The Treachery of Images — René Magritte
The Treachery of Images

How to recognize René Magritte

Magritte paints ordinary objects with deadpan, flat precision but in impossible combinations — floating men in bowler hats, day-and-night skies, giant apples. Calm, clean, and quietly unsettling.

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